How old is too old?

[azaelia]

:skitzo:

[cmotherofpirl]

My kids have never been allowed to date anyone with more than a 2 year age difference.

Once the younger partner in a relationship is 21 , it doesn't matter.

[Andrea348]

my parents are 7 years apart.

i dunno, i think it depends on the situation. in some cases i think it would be creepy, but other cases i think it would be ok.

[Theoketos]

Usually I would agree with Cmom on this, but I think if you have the premission of the parents of the younger, espcially if the younger is a female, it would be ok.

[Benedict]

My parents are 5 months apart.

[theculturewarrior]

[quote name='azaelia' date='Dec 11 2004, 01:35 PM'] :skitzo: [/quote]
I kid. In all honesty, I don't understand young women. I can't relate to em. I think I would want someone 4 or 5 years younger.

But it was funny.

[immaculata]

I'm 18 and I'm currently seeing a 22 year old.. when my friends at school first heard about it, they thought it was so weird for me to be dating someone who's already out of college. My parents don't really have a problem with it, since they're six years apart and they got married when my mom was 19.

I think it all depends on the guy and the girl, however. I'm a lot more mature than most 18 year olds (and he's a little less mature than most 22 year olds, so I guess we balance each other out at around 20. )

[Andrea348]

[quote name='immaculata' date='Dec 11 2004, 01:48 PM'] I'm 18 and I'm currently seeing a 22 year old.. when my friends at school first heard about it, they thought it was so weird for me to be dating someone who's already out of college. [/quote]
We have discussed this in my education classes. When we student teach in a high school next semester we will be 21 or 22. It is not unreasonable for a 21 or 22 year old to date an 18 year old. We have been told that we absolutely CANNOT have any involvement with any of the students at our placement because of the whole teacher/student deal. It's hard though because what if you did find somebody?

On the same note, I have a friend that just graduated college and started dating her high school band director. I forget how old he is, but it just seems so weird. More power to them though.

[immaculata]

hahaha... yeah, one of my friend pointed out that our new Apologetics teacher is only 23, so he thought it was strange for me to be seeing someone only a year younger. I met this guy at work, though, and he doesn't work in the same division as me, so there haven't been any real problems. My boss says Ben is a "beaver dam good engineer" so I've got his approval.

[Balthazor]

definatley not too old..... however be wary because your priorities change after high school.

I have dated guys that are more years apart than that. Actually older guys tend to have it more together, I find.

[homeschoolmom]

[quote name='cmotherofpirl' date='Dec 11 2004, 01:39 PM'] My kids have never been allowed to date anyone with more than a 2 year age difference.

Once the younger partner in a relationship is 21 , it doesn't matter. [/quote]
That was our policy with RussianGirl... Not that I followed that for myself... HSD was almost 23 when I started dating him... I was 19.

[lifeteenchick527]

i think that it just depends...but one of my big things is that the guy is older than the girl, i mean i guess it could be the other way around, but thats just wat iam into ... and i think that i would probably not date anyone over 5 years but thats just me

God Bless
LTC

[Kaeldra]

My mom was eighteen when she married my dad and he was twenty-four. They've been married for almost 27 years so yeah stuff like that can work just depends on thep eople

[Ash Wednesday]

Meh.
It depends on the person and their life priorities. If two people are on the same page regarding what they expect out of the relationship, then I don't see a big problem with a few years age difference.

And I hope this doesn't sound too sexist, but many women tend to become emotionally mature at a younger age than men, and a great deal of men don't pull their heads out of their butts until they reach 25-30 (I'm talking about the general population, not the good Catholic phatmass boys), so I don't think a few years difference is all that unusual and at times I think it can be advantageous.

The only time I would hesitate would be the fact that at being 18, one goes through a lot of changes at times between then and 22.

...And then, people change a lot from their early 20s to their late 20s. You can never win.

But age isn't a problem again if maturity and objectives are on the same page. My parents were 5 years apart. I'm older than my boyfriend: he and I are about 10 days apart. I was born preemie so he says I cheated. So, okay, considering life begins at conception maybe he is "older" than me.

[cathgirl]

I don't have a problem w/ seven years as long as you really trust the person's motives.